Category Archives: linux

Exherbo in numbers

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Anders

Lies, damn lies and statistics… At the time of writing (Wed Feb 11 11:22:48 CET 2009), the following numbers might be of interest: 269 days since official announcement We’ve been working on Exherbo for longer than that but serious work … Continue reading →

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Konqueror > *

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Anders

I’ve never really been able to grok firefox. It’s just been too bulky and heavy to use. Opera was somewhat better but seemed too alien and contained vast amounts of useless crap. Links is awesome but not really state-of-the-art when … Continue reading →

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Tonight we boot in hell!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Anders

And I thought the Ubuntu crew chose weird codenames…

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Grey java windows

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Anders

A problem I’ve hit many times is the grey window java issue, where java-windows will be all grey and have no content. Danske Bank uses java for their homebanking solution and for every transaction a java-windows pops up. So this … Continue reading →

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The worst thing…

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Anders

The worst thing about Open Source Days [danish] isn’t choosing which talks to attend (I never have time for talks anyway). The worst thing is doing weird LaTeX hacks to get their logo placed correctly in the agenda… Turns out … Continue reading →

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And it even works!

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Anders

How cool is that?

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Ten Irssi scripts you should try before you die

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Anders

We all know it — the only real IRC client left is Irssi. Irssi is good, better & best but even the best piece of software can be adapted for your own needs. Pimped, in other words. As for theming, … Continue reading →

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Squashing some rumours

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Anders

It’s been a little more than a week since Bryan announced Exherbo. The general interest was quite overwhelming and along with it came a lot of questions that had to be answered. I think most of it was covered quite … Continue reading →

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Why Exherbo was announced

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Anders

First of all, Exherbo was announced because some elements of it will be discussed at an upcoming conference. Rather than having a blank page and let people start various rumors it seemed wise to at least let people know what … Continue reading →

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Making gentoo nice again

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Anders

I like paludis, I like the stability, features and speed and I definitely like the different clients. To an outsider like me, paludis looks designed, rather than evolved. And it is that sound design, that makes very cool things possible. … Continue reading →

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